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The Department of Human Resources wishes to advise the campus community that the Holiday Notice for 2016 has been issued. The memo is posted on the HR Faculty and Staff Resources web page at this link:

John W. Stephens will present his Master of Education Thesis Defense on Wednesday, January 13 at 12:00pm in Kelley Building room 237. Thesis Title:&苍产蝉辫;鈥�Resurrecting the Shop: Examining the Theory and Practice of Career and Technical Education鈥�.&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;

All are welcome to attend. 

Mark Nabuurs, PhD student will present a seminar on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 12:30 pm. The presentation is entitled "Identification of Biopesticide Candidates for the Control of Agricultural Pests and Pathogens in Major Canadian Crops".   The seminar will be held in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre, Room 212.

All are Welcome!

The December 2015 Campus Directory is available to order. Place your order through UIS or contact whenderson@upei.ca, 902-566-0558.

The next deadline for submitting Biosafety Protocols including new applications, renewals and/or amendments is Friday January 29 2016. These protocols will be reviewed at the February 2016 meeting. Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from .  Use Adobe Reader to complete the forms.

Submit the following:

路one hard copy of the application form with signatures and associated documents to Joy Knight at the Office of Research Services, 200 Kelley Memorial Building and

路one e-copy of all documents to reb@upei.ca

Please note that protocols received after this deadline will be reviewed the following month. For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca.

Ethics protocols that involve 鈥�more than minimal risk鈥� must be reviewed by the full 69传媒Research Ethics Board. The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Friday February 5 2016. They will be reviewed at the February meeting.  Protocols involving 鈥榤ore than minimal risk鈥� that are received after February 5 will be reviewed at the March meeting. 

Other ethics protocol submissions, including new applications that do not involve 鈥榤ore than minimal risk鈥�, renewals, and amendments may be submitted at any time. They will be sent for delegated review as soon as all necessary forms are received. 

Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from . Use Adobe Reader to complete forms.

Submit the following:

路one hard copy of the signed application form and associated documents to Joy Knight at the Office of Research Services, 200 Kelley Memorial Building and

路one e-copy of all documents to reb@upei.ca

For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca.

One focus area of Project Beacon, UPEI's cross-campus transformational initiative, is to enhance the room booking process, making it easier to book and manage spaces on campus. The Room Booking Team has now completed the first phase of this endeavour which facilitates the completion of the next phase in Spring 2017.

We invite members of the campus community to an Information Session to learn about this first phase and introduce a new web page for booking meeting space and athletics facilities, and requesting classroom changes. Anyone who submits room booking requests is encouraged to attend!

Room Booking Information Session
Thursday, January 21 from 2:00 - 3:00 pm
AVC Lecture Theatre A 

Thank you,

Project Beacon Room Booking Team

Payroll would like to remind all international employees to please provide updates/changes to temporary Social Insurance Numbers to the Payroll/Human Resources department for T4 purposes.

Updates/changes should be made in person at the Human Resources department.

Have you signed up to receive your electronic T4 slip? If you completed the consent form for the 2014 tax year, you will automatically receive your 2015 tax slip electronically. There is no need to complete the consent form again.  New consents must be received no later than January 29, 2016.

Online tax slips will be available, through Campus Login, to current and former employees, who received taxable earnings or benefits in 2015.  Online T4s are official tax slips accepted by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

However, CRA requires employees to give their consent in order to access their tax slips electronically. Your consent will be valid for all subsequent tax years. New employees can grant consent for online T4s after they have received their first pay cheque.

Employees who do not provide consent will have their 2015 T4s mailed to the address on file no later than February 29, 2016. Electronic T4s will be available sooner than the printed versions due to a lesser processing time.

The consent form can be accessed through . The consent form must be completed by January 29, 2016 in order to receive your 2015 T4 slip electronically.

If you have moved in the last year, Payroll requires your current mailing address for T4 purposes.

The 69传媒system stores two addresses; current mailing and home. You can check the status of your current mailing address through the 69传媒website by clicking on 鈥渃ampus login鈥� - menu item 鈥淐hange Current Address (+email)鈥�. Changes to your home address must be done in person at the Registrar鈥檚 office or in Human Resources.

When updating your current mailing address on-line, please follow these Canada Post addressing conventions:

Do not use the pound sign (#) anywhere in your address;

Do not use spaces or periods between PO or RR;

Apartment numbers before civic addresses on first line (no # symbol) e.g. 32-25 Brown鈥檚 Court;

PO on next line after civic, RR on third line if needed;

鈥淐anada鈥� not required in country field.

Alternately, updates can be directed via e-mail to:

jhelps@upei.ca

or telephone (902) 566-0464.

Please remember to provide us with your full name and 69传媒ID number.

Looking to get active in the new year? Check out 69传媒Sports Centre membership opportunities. Note: 69传媒employee spouse are eligible for the same rates below.

Sports Centre memberships for 69传媒Employees (+ hst on all prices)
-  1 year membership - $300  (access to fitness centre, gymnasium, intramurals, some fitness classes, indoor/outdoor track, fit zone room and squash courts)                                  
- 1 year squash membership - $200
- 1 year track membership - $40

Healthy Activity Challenge - The Challenge is an opportunity for you and a group of co-workers to participate in a fun eight week physical activity. It's simple, just record the number of minutes you are active daily. Teams of 6 record their activity from January 18 - March 13, 2016. The program is free and for 69传媒students and employees only.  Registration deadline - January 14

Are you afraid to look at your January credit card bills because of holiday overindulgence? Do you want the peace of mind that comes with the freedom of financial independence? It is easier to attain than you may think.

The 69传媒School of Business is offering a new, online version of the popular personal finance course (BUS 421B) during the Winter 2016 semester. We encourage students from all faculties across campus to take advantage of this opportunity.
 

Open to anyone interested in learning more about scholarship options at UPEI, including an overview of how and when you can be considered for available awards and bursaries.

January 12, 12:30pm - 1:30pm, Robertson Library 312
January 12, 5:30pm - 6:30pm, Robertson Library 312
January 19, 12:30pm - 1:30pm, Robertson Library 312
January 19, 5:30pm - 6:30pm, Robertson Library 312

For more information, contact Keith Lawlor at 902-620-5187 or email kjlawlor@upei.ca.
 

Happy New Year --- Fitness & Wellness, 69传媒Athletics & Recreation

We have a number of opportunities for you to have a healthy New Year!
Specialty Fitness Classes - Cycle & Core, Beginner/Intermediate Spin, Advanced Spin, Powerflow Yoga, etc are offered over 6 weeks. 6 classes/session. Fee: $51 Sports Centre members, $60 non-member. +applicable taxes.

Small Group training - Small group training offers training sessions that focus on individual progression and skill development. An eight-week, two times per week small group of seven - ten working with a certified personal trainer. Sixteen sessions. Fee: $135 + taxes per person. 

The 69传媒Men's Hockey Panthers are teaming up once again with the Charlottetown Islanders this season for the second annual Hockey Day on PEI, Saturday, January 9 at the Eastlink Centre. The goal of the day is to raise money for minor hockey teams across the Island.